A word of caution, execution via FTP isn't very widely supported. Check that it works on the servers that you intend to connect to before you start coding something that requires this.
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ftp_exec — Requests execution of a command on the FTP server
Sends a SITE EXEC command request to the FTP
server.
Returns true if the command was successful (server sent response code:
200); otherwise returns false.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.1.0 |
The ftp parameter expects an FTP\Connection
instance now; previously, a resource was expected.
|
Example #1 ftp_exec() example
<?php
// variable initialization
$command = 'ls -al >files.txt';
// set up basic connection
$ftp = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($ftp, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// execute command
if (ftp_exec($ftp, $command)) {
echo "$command executed successfully\n";
} else {
echo "could not execute $command\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($ftp);
?>A word of caution, execution via FTP isn't very widely supported. Check that it works on the servers that you intend to connect to before you start coding something that requires this.